Letter from Robert Rutledge expressing concern for his sick son, correcting an earlier assertion that a member of his company was killed, and describing plans to buy land in Texas. He asks his wife to buy needed provisions without concern for...

In this letter, Dr. Shaw wrote of his gratification in beholding Polk's "commanding position in our Southern Army." He commented at length on the political causes of the war, "this Northern crusade of fanaticism and avarice against the Southern...